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In terms of an Industrial Participation agreement with BAE
Systems, Denel is the exclusive manufacturer of tailplanes,
airbrakes and flaps for the Hawk, with these components
already being incorporated onto aircraft operated by or being
built for South Africa, India, Bahrain and the UK’s Royal Air
Force.
Other South African aerospace companies, notably ATE, Aerospace
Monitoring Systems (AMS) and Tellumat are also involved
in the programme. They provide the Hawk’s combat
avionics and navigation suite, flight recorders (often referred
to the aircraft’s “black box” recorders), Health Usage Monitoring
Systems (HUMS) and identification transponders that
enable pilots to distinguish hostile aircraft from friendly ones.
Small BEE firms are part of the local supply chain on the
Hawk programme, with support equipment on the Denel final
assembly line having been built by several SMME companies.
SAAF Director Air Force Acquisition, Brig Gen. Philip Willcock,
commended all the contractual parties, including Denel, for
completion of “the enormous task to date.” He said the delivery
event of the first two Hawks “demonstrates that the
Hawk project is progressing well.”
Mr Mike Rennardson, BAE Systems Project Director, said he
was very proud that “Hawk is the first jet aircraft ever to be
built in the democratic South Africa… and that these aeroplanes
and their constituent components represent the labours
and dedication of a whole new generation of young,
talented and professional South African men and women, black
and white.”
above: The Hawk assembly line at Denel
Aerostructures.
right: SAAF Hawks - 051 and 052 are
prepared for their delivery flight to AFB
Makhado.
The first two SAAF Hawks fly in
close formation en-route to their
new home
Project Hoefyster is an Infantry
Fighting Vehicle
(IFV) programme to replace
the SA Army’s fleet
of Ratel 6x6 armoured
fighting vehicles (AFVs).
The Ratel, which originally
entered service 30 years ago,
was a world-leader at the
time and included a number
of variants including vehicles
equipped with a 20mm cannon,
a 90mm gun, anti-armour
missile launchers, mortar
vehicles, and fire support
vehicles.
Despite being upgraded more
than once, the Ratels are
becoming obsolete, as there
has been much progress in
the design and manufacture
of armour and AFVs since
they were originally built.
Hand-held anti-armour weapons
like the well-known, Soviet-
era RPG-7, have evolved
their armour-piercing capabilities
to a level where they
are capable of disabling vehicles
such as the Ratel and
the US Bradley AFV.
This does not bode well for
the SA Army which is increasingly
being committed
to peacekeeping and monitor-
MODULAR COMBAT VEHICLE
FOR PROJECT “HOEFYSTER”
At a recent function hosted by Denel Land Systems, LMT and Patria, stakeholders
had the opportunity to experience the impressive MCV first hand.
ing operations in the rest of
Africa -hence the need for a
more modern AFV that offers
better protection.
Programme stakeholders
were invited to the Gerotek
testing facility west of Pretoria.
They were offered the
opportunity to actually ride
in the MCV during high-speed
runs, over rough ground designed
to test the vehicle suspension,
and to experience
the MCV’s phenomenal
climbing capability during incline
testing.
Armscor issued a request for
proposals for Project
Hoefyster early in 2004. A
consortium comprising
Denel, Land Systems OMC,
European conglomerate -BAE
Systems Land Systems and
Finnish vehicle designer and
manufacturer Patria, put together
a bid based on the
Patria 8x8 Armoured Modular
Vehicle (AMV) chassis
with a Denel turret.
The Patria AMV has the advantages
of being a new design,
and one that is already
in production in Europe. To
date, the Finnish army has
ordered 124 and the Polish
army 690. The AMV is a
family of vehicles, comprising
three models. The AMV
basic model, the AMV system
platform, and the AMV
module carrier.
The basic model can be
adapted to a number of roles,
hence the modular concept.
These include an armoured
personnel carrier, infantry
fighting vehicle, command
vehicle, ambulance, fire support
vehicle, tank destroyer
(armed with missiles or
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